Bi-wiring speakers

Bi-wiring can indeed produce a difference, and in some cases a significant improvement. But the speakers that improve most from bi-wiring from my experience are some of the British small monitor speakers where they have tried to achieve transparency at a low price point from using a minimalist cross-over. Speakers like Thiels however involve a lot of effort in the cross-over to get it right and nullify the benefits of bi-wiring. Shotgun bi-wiring is the main area where you get different results, not necessarily a better one - principally because you are really changing the load seen by the amp.

Hellohifi, please explain "true bi-wiring". Your post is suggesting that speaker manf. are just adding a second cosmetic pair of speaker posts, and that there is no difference in internal crossover design between a bi-wire
speaker and single wire speaker. Surely you are not suggesting this are you?

Well said Hellohifi. If they insist on buying it then keep selling it.

Megasam: Speaker manufacturers put dual sets of posts on their products for two reasons: 1) It permits biamping, which really can make a difference; and 2) It makes their products palatable to those who think biwiring makes a difference. After all, they may think you're a scientific illiterate, but they still want to sell to you.

this head in the sand stuff cracks me up. you figure it out, haha